PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bane Longfellow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoarg Ishan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bane Longfellow could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hoarg Ishan's chin.

Longfellow
vs
Ishan

175 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

SHINTO

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bane Longfellow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoarg Ishan!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishan takes a swing at Longfellow's ribcage but misses.
Ishan digs a good body shot into Longfellow's ribs.
Ishan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ishan has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Longfellow is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Ishan lands a jab.
Ishan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ishan tries to close the distance and clinch but Longfellow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hoarg Ishan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Longfellow closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ishan quickly recovers to half guard.
Longfellow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ishan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Longfellow scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Longfellow wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ishan keeps working.
Ishan wants to get back to full guard.
Longfellow throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ishan wants to improve his position but Longfellow is controlling well.
Ishan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Longfellow is working away from the top position though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Longfellow not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longfellow wants to get back to his feet.
Ishan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Longfellow is working away from the top position though.
Longfellow prevents Ishan from improving his position.
Longfellow throwing shots but Ishan is blocking nicely.
Longfellow works his way into full mount!
Longfellow has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ishan's face.

Longfellow looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Longfellow tries to control but Ishan wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Longfellow punishing his opponent with strikes.
Longfellow has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ishan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ishan preventing the sweep.
Longfellow is working hard here to advance position.
Ishan throws a big elbow that misses.
Ishan is looking to work some ground and pound but Longfellow has wrist control.
Ishan wants to control from the top but Longfellow keeps moving.
Ishan distracts Longfellow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ishan stopping the sweep attempt from Longfellow.

Longfellow working for a triangle but Ishan defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longfellow keeping full guard, as Ishan tries to pass.
Ishan trying to control the position from guard on top but Longfellow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Longfellow controls Ishan momentarily but Ishan frees himself.
Longfellow trying to strike off his back.
Longfellow keeping moving, preventing Ishan from controlling successfully.
Ishan lands a couple of digs.
Ishan throws a big elbow that misses.
Ishan throws a big right hand that misses.
Ishan wants to control from the top but Longfellow keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Longfellow is trying to keep Ishan in close.
Ishan wants to control from the top but Longfellow keeps moving.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ishan catches Longfellow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Longfellow closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ishan quickly recovers to half guard.
Ishan is trying to escape back to his feet but Longfellow uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Ishan wants to control but Longfellow postures up.
Longfellow working the body and head with strikes.
Longfellow wants to stand but Ishan is controlling his arm.
Ishan can't do much from the bottom here.
Ishan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bane Longfellow will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Longfellow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ishan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ishan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Longfellow manages to get himself to full guard.

Longfellow looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ishan looking to sit in guard and control but Longfellow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Longfellow passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ishan is trying to get back to half guard.
Longfellow tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longfellow is putting a hurting on Ishan here, landing some big shots from side control.

Longfellow is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Ishan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Longfellow is looking to take a break and control but Ishan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishan is looking for a sweep.
Ishan is trying to control Longfellow's posture but Longfellow avoids it.
Ishan is looking to reverse the position.
Longfellow grinds an elbow into Ishan's temple.
Bane Longfellow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Longfellow tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Longfellow throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ishan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ishan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ishan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ishan wants to control but Longfellow is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ishan is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Longfellow is staying active.
Longfellow working over Ishan with some ground and pound. Ishan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ishan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Longfellow.
Longfellow lands strikes from half guard.
Ishan keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Ishan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Longfellow is thwarting Ishan's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longfellow is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ishan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Ishan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ishan wants to control but Longfellow is keeping busy.
Ishan is trying to control but Longfellow manages to pass to mount!
Ishan is breathing heavily.
Longfellow landing strikes from the mount.
Ishan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Longfellow looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Longfellow trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishan is desperately trying to improve his position but Longfellow has a good base and remains in mount.
Longfellow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ishan can do to turn this around?
Longfellow in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Longfellow lands a heavy elbow.
Longfellow avoids the attempt from Ishan to control.
Ishan is trying desperately to improve position.
Longfellow lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ishan is looking to get to half guard.
Ishan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Longfellow looking to finish Ishan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ishan!
Longfellow blocks Ishan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bane Longfellow dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ishan tries to clinch but Longfellow moves out of range.
Ishan throws a looping overhand right but Longfellow ducks down to avoid it.
Ishan thuds his right hand into Longfellow's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ishan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Longfellow gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Longfellow is trying to trip Ishan. He has hold of a leg but Ishan is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Longfellow persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Ishan looking for a guillotine here but Longfellow defends easily.
Ishan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longfellow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ishan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Longfellow is one step ahead there.
Ishan controls Longfellow momentarily but Longfellow frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longfellow lands a couple of elbows.
Ishan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Longfellow sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Longfellow distracts Ishan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Longfellow stopping the sweep attempt from Ishan.
Longfellow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ishan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Longfellow trying to control but Ishan is working from the bottom.
Hoarg Ishan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ishan is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Longfellow wants to get up but he can't break Ishan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Longfellow drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Longfellow jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ishan throws a leg kick
and Longfellow cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ishan lands a slapping body shot.

Longfellow looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ishan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ishan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Longfellow is one step ahead there.
Longfellow throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longfellow being controlled here momentarily.
Longfellow postures up in Ishan's guard and throws a big left but Ishan blocks it.
Ishan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ishan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Longfellow lands a couple of elbows.
Longfellow postures up and lands a big shot to Ishan's brow.
Longfellow stays in close to Ishan's body and controls the position.
Longfellow trying to control but Ishan is working from the bottom.
Ishan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ishan scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Longfellow throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ishan lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Ishan is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ishan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ishan lands a couple of digs.
Longfellow wants to sweep but no luck.
Ishan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Longfellow on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Longfellow tries to get out of the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ishan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Longfellow's head.
Ishan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bane Longfellow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ishan wants to pass the guard but Longfellow is keeping the position.
Ishan with a flurry of punches that miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bane Longfellow.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Longfellow, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Bane Longfellow!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Bane Longfellow!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Bane Longfellow!

Bane Longfellow wins by unanimous decision!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Bane Longfellow waved his t-shirt featuring SHINTO's logo in front of the cameras.